Janelle Monáe

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Janelle Monáe 2016
Janelle Monáe 2016
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Metropolis
  US 115 03/30/2008 (1 week)
The ArchAndroid
  DE 12 08/06/2010 (4 weeks)
  AT 63 08/06/2010 (1 week)
  CH 36 07/11/2010 (7 weeks)
  UK 51 
silver
silver
07/24/2010 (3 weeks)
  US 17th 06/05/2010 (17 weeks)
The Electric Lady
  DE 68 09/27/2013 (1 week)
  CH 30th 09/29/2013 (3 weeks)
  UK 14th 09/21/2013 (3 weeks)
  US 5 09/28/2013 (16 weeks)
Dirty computer
  DE 29 05/04/2018 (2 weeks)
  AT 21st 05/11/2018 (2 weeks)
  CH 11 05/06/2018 (3 weeks)
  UK 8th 05/10/2018 (3 weeks)
  US 6th 05/12/2018 (7 weeks)
Singles
Open Happiness ( Green, Urie, Stump, Monae & McCoy )
  AT 11 October 02, 2009 (2 weeks)
We Are Young (with fun. )
  DE 4th 
platinum
platinum
05/25/2012 (36 weeks)
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
platinum
platinum
04/13/2012 (30 weeks)
  CH 2 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
04/29/2012 (41 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
04/21/2012 (47 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
diamond
diamond
December 24, 2011 (42 weeks)
Yoga (with Jidenna )
  US 79 
gold
gold
07/11/2015 (6 weeks)
Make me feel
  UK 74 03/08/2018 (2 weeks)
  US 99 
gold
gold
03/10/2018 (1 week)

Janelle Monáe (* 1. December 1985 in Kansas City , Kansas as Janelle Monáe Robinson ) is an American Soul - and radio - singer , songwriter , actress and dancer .

Life

Janelle Monáe was born in Kansas City to a truck driver and a caretaker. Monáe left her native Kansas City to study acting at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. Instead of pursuing a career as an actress, she focused on music and, after moving to Atlanta, founded the Wondaland Arts Society .

In 2007 she published her first solo work Metropolis . Shortly thereafter, she was signed by Sean "Diddy" Combs and his label Bad Boy Records . On the new label, the album was re-released in the same year with the title Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition) and two new songs. The album made it into the US album charts and reached number 2 on the Heatseeker charts. Her single Many Moons brought her a Grammy nomination in the category "Best Urban / Alternative Performance" in 2009 .

On May 18, 2010, her album The ArchAndroid was released by Wondaland Arts Society. The album is the continuation of Metropolis and follows on with Suites 2 and 3. Both publications are based on a common concept. Monáe's alter ego - Cindi Mayweather - is the messianic protagonist of a fantastic story in the android city of Metropolis. Monáe has announced that he will make a video for each of the songs on The ArchAndroid . The title of the album and the name of the fantasy city is a reference to the film Metropolis by Fritz Lang . Her second studio album was critically acclaimed and described as a landmark R&B work. The company Metacritic calculated a total score of 91.

In September 2013 her album The Electric Lady was released , on which Prince participated as a guest musician.

In 2016 she took on her first leading role in the feature film Hidden Figures - Unrecognized Heroines .

In 2017 she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Her third album, Dirty Computer , was released on April 27, 2018 .

Discography

Janelle Monáe (2009)

demo

  • 2003: The Audition

Studio albums

  • 2010: The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III)
  • 2013: The Electric Lady
  • 2018: Dirty Computer

EP

  • 2007: Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase)

Singles

  • 2005: Peachtree Blues
  • 2006: Lettin 'Go
  • 2007: Violet Stars Happy Hunting!
  • 2008: Sincerely, Jane
  • 2008: Many Moons
  • 2009: Come Alive (The War of the Roses)
  • 2010: Tightrope ( feat.Big Boi , US:goldgold)
  • 2010: Cold War
  • 2013: Queen
  • 2015: Yoga (Janelle Monáe & Jidenna )
  • 2018: Django Jane
  • 2018: Make Me Feel
  • 2018: Pynk (feat. Grimes )
  • 2018: I Like That (US:goldgold)

As a guest musician

Filmography

See also

Awards

Chicago Film Critics Association Award

Critics' Choice Movie Award

Gotham Independent Film Award

  • 2016: Awarded the Special Jury Prize as part of the ensemble in the film Moonlight

Hollywood Film Award

  • 2016: Received the Spotlight Award (for Moonlight and Hidden Figures - Unrecognized Heroines )

Independent Spirit Award

  • 2016: Received the Robert Altman Award as part of the ensemble in the film Moonlight

MTV Video Music Awards

  • 2013 : Award in the Best Art Direction category for QUEEN (feat. Erykah Badu )

National Board of Review

  • 2016: Awarded as part of the best ensemble (Hidden Figures - Unrecognized Heroines)

Satellite Award

  • 2016: Awarded as part of the Best Ensemble: Motion Picture (Hidden Figures - Unrecognized Heroines)

Screen Actors Guild Award

  • 2017 : Nomination as a member of the best acting ensemble in a film (Moonlight)
  • 2017: Awarded as a member of the best acting ensemble in a film (Hidden Figures - Unrecognized heroines)

Web links

Commons : Janelle Monáe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: DE AT CH UK US
  3. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJW2-BH27  : 23 May 2014), Janelle Robinson, Residence, Kansas City, Kansas, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
  4. ↑ FAZ .
  5. ↑ Article on exclaim.ca .
  6. ↑ Sound spy: half human, half music
  7. ↑ reviews for The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe . Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ Class of 2017, accessed June 30, 2017.
  9. ↑ Matthew Strauss: Janelle Monáe Details New Album, Drops New Song and Video “Django Jane” on Pitchfork , February 22, 2018
  10. ↑ Nick Allen: Chicago Film Critics Awards Celebrate 'Moonlight', 'Manchester by the Sea', 'The Handmaiden' . In: rogerebert.com, December 17, 2016.
  11. ↑ Joey Nolfi: 'Moonlight' wins best acting ensemble at 2016 Critics' Choice Awards . In: Entertainment Weekly , December 11, 2016.
  12. ↑ Gregg Kilday: 'La La Land', 'Arrival', 'Moonlight' Top Critics' Choice Nominations . In: The Hollywood Reporter , December 1, 2016.
  13. ↑ Ramin Setoodeh: 'Moonlight' sweeps the Gotham Awards, winning Best Film . In: Variety , November 28, 2016.
  14. ↑ Moonlight's Naomie Harris & Janelle Monae Take the Spotlight at Hollywood Film Awards 2016 . In: justjared.com, November 6, 2016.
  15. ^ Moonlight and American Honey lead Film Independent Spirit awards nominations . In: The Guardian , November 22, 2016.
  16. ↑ Hilary Lewis: 'Manchester by the Sea' Named Best Film by National Board of Review . In: The Hollywood Reporter , November 29, 2016.
  17. ^ The International Press Academy announces its nominations for the 21st Annual Satellite ™ Awards . ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ; PDF; 697 kB) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. pressacademy.com; accessed on November 29, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pressacademy.com
  18. ↑ Tracy Brown: Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations 2017: Complete list of nominees . In: Los Angeles Times , December 14, 2016.
  19. ↑ Michael Roffman: 2017 SAG Awards Winners: The Complete List . In: consequenceofsound.net, January 30, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Monáe, Janelle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soul singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1st December 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Kansas City , Kansas, USA